Read: Genesis 18:20-19:38; Matthew 6:25-7:14; Psalm 8:1-9; Proverbs 2:6-15
God visited Abraham and let him know what he was about to do to Sodom and Gomorrah because he knew that Abraham had a special interest in Sodom. Lot was there and Abraham was responsible as his relative’s care. Abraham whittled the Lord down to ten righteous men when God knew all the time there was not one righteous man in Sodom. Lot had assimilated into the culture and lived among them. His wife didn’t even want to leave and Lot hesitated more than once. He had allowed his two daughters to be promised to men of Sodom and had made Sodom their home. Because of the blood line of Abraham, God rescued Lot against his will. Only his two daughters followed him then got him drunk and had sex with their own father to produce an offspring - the Ammonites and the Moabites. Both of these tribes became enemies and opponents of Israel throughout their history.
In Matthew, Jesus tells us not to worry about our body because our spirit is more important than food and clothes. I guess even back then they worried about what they were going to wear. LOL!
I’m afraid that Matthew 7 hits me in the face. Jesus is talking about judging and that how you judge others will be the way you will be judged. Living with family, it is hard for me not to find myself judging. I do pray for mercy and a heart of grace.
God is the good father and he will give us what we ask of him but Jesus sums his sermon up with this: “In everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you. This is the main point of what the law and prophets taught.
God is the judge and he knows when to judge sin, like Sodom and he knows when to give mercy and grace. We can rest in the fact that he is the God of Justice and Judgement.
Oh Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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